well, [you are correct but] if after a few months you've got effectively nowhere [and haven't figured out something so basic that no one ever explains it], how much time are you going to waste?
A better way to learn would be to use midi ox (or equivalent) and just look at the traffic going back and forth, or to use Jane's wonderful prodatum program and not bother with midi or sysex at all.
From: Geert Depuydt
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 6:49:00 PM
Subject: RE: [xl7] Newbie: understanding Hex & SysEx??????????????
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, February 23, 2010 6:49:00 PM
Subject: RE: [xl7] Newbie: understanding Hex & SysEx??????????????
hey sorry, but you should never say to anyone to give up on somethig. there was a time when even you had no single clue, right?
so "the letters are just variables to be replaced by a hexadecimal value" would have done just as well to help the guy, no? ;-)
anyway, your efforts for emu xl-7 project are very much appreciated.
regards,
geert